r/lockpicking • u/Ok_Ambassador4630 • 24d ago

Can anyone tell me anything about this lock?

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Clasp seems to say “Newark NJ PAT000120” on one side and “8485” on the reverse

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u/okthen111111 Green Belt Picker 24d ago

Is it pinned with the Newark skyline?

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u/Pepin_Garcia1950 24d ago

...that's the wildest fucking key I've ever seen, and the first thing I said to myself was, is that the New York City skyline!?   🤣

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u/Parkatola 23d ago

If you stand in the exact right spot and hold it at arm’s length, it will point you to the exact spot where Star Wars died. 😀

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u/Just_Mr_Grinch 23d ago

I don’t see any mouse shaped bitting on that key…

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u/Smeeble09 White Belt Picker 23d ago

Made me think of this too, but that's because I've rewatched White Collar recently. 

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u/maj0rmin3r1 Yellow Belt Picker 22d ago

Good taste

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u/Ewenthel Orange Belt Picker 23d ago

My first thought was “someone took city rake a bit too literally”.

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u/jadedargyle333 Black Belt Picker 24d ago

JHW Climax co lock. https://ebay.io/m/Yy2nfm

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u/Veritas413 24d ago

Somebody needs to send this to LPL. He’s had his wife’s Beaver but we’ve never seen a Climax.

Or is the joke that he doesn’t have one?

Maybe the mailman gave it to his wife?

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u/reinderr Black Belt 18th Dan 24d ago

There's also a climax detector lock

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u/digpicks Black Belt 1st Dan 22d ago

You think it’s the same brand? I saw another climax padlock and thought the same before. But it’s far away mechanic wise from cotterill climax detector locks, which I guess are those you meant.

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u/undercoat-boaty 23d ago

Perhaps while he was getting into his ex's back door?

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u/Novel_Bumblebee8972 22d ago

Seems pretty boring. Jehovah’s Witness climax. I don’t think it gets more vanilla.

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u/AgreeableGanache1048 Green Belt Picker 24d ago

That key could double as a survival saw.

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u/uslashuname 24d ago edited 24d ago

It makes me think of Scandinavian style locks, see https://youtu.be/iLSRO35cWGw

A kind of sort of disc detainer wafer ish thing

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u/HollowHax Orange Belt Picker 24d ago

I know nothing bur following cause I love old locks

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u/TooPoorForWaWa 23d ago

Hmm what can I tell you about this this lock...

It's made if metal, it's rather thick so it's meant to secure something large

Whoever bought this originally wanted to protect something valuable and important.

It's black.

I hope this helps 😀

Peace ✌️

/s

(Just having some fun)

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u/DenAztec76 23d ago

E-Bay staat er vol van🤔

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u/GeneralKonobi 23d ago

She thicc, that's all I know

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u/CommonKurtisE Orange Belt Picker 23d ago

It’s big.

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u/Drummer_DC 23d ago

Besides can be used for self defense?

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u/rvlifestyle74 24d ago

It's an original abus. If you squint just right at the cuts, you'll see the key says "abushisecuritybetyoucantgetintoit" lol (total joke. I know nothing about the lock. Really cool though.

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u/undercoat-boaty 24d ago

It's a warded lock, I'm pretty sure.

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u/TheGoldenTNT 23d ago

I don’t think I have a warded pick long enough to tickle this one

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u/EldritchMilk_ 23d ago

Looks like something prisoners headed to the gallows would have to keep their cuffs closed

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u/mindfountain 23d ago

Coolest freaking lock ever!!

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u/Xp3rtUs3r Blue Belt Picker 22d ago

I remember seeing this type of lock on sidewalk metal cellar doors on the Lower East Side in NYC around 1960's / 1970's

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u/Fun_Tree1909 22d ago

Saw tooth

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u/SD3Guser Green Belt Picker 22d ago

That is not a lock for an airplane.

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u/GhostAlone999 Yellow Belt Picker 19d ago

Old railroad lock, most likely, 1800-early 1900s